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[Leadership laws] The innovation law of the pearl diver
You don't get to choose how deep the "ocean" of your learning is. You must make it both all the way down to the facts and all the way up to decisions....
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Posts about achieving "Sane Ops" even amid great change and chaos.
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[Quote] What people see as fearlessness
Innovators need stable, must-do purposes, at both project and portfolio levels....
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[Leadership laws] The innovation law of the monkey bars
Create gap-free arguments. Move logically "rung by rung." Don’t skip steps!...
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[Quote] What is this agreement?
Good innovation work forces us to struggle with problems, ideas, and impossible situations. Don't shirk this hard work!...
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[Quote] Persistence, blind faith, stubbornness, obliviousness to reality
We may pivot on the method for achieving our purpose. But the purpose itself must stay steady....
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[Quote] We say in Africa
Innovation work is not about any one function or person, not even about leaders or stakeholders. It can only succeed with a true team and real, productive togetherness....